BLUES BUZZ INTELLIGENCE PROFILE
FOR PJ FEB 2026
INTELLIGENCE PROFILE

PJ Cox

@bluesbuzzblog
A communications & personality profile — built from the timeline
IDENTITY
Founder, Blues Buzz
St. Louis native • SLUH • Mizzou
PLATFORM
~35K+ followers on X
Active since April 2014
CREDENTIALS
KSDK press credentials for Blues coverage
Merch brand via bluesbuzzblog.com
CORPUS
50 recent tweets analyzed
Feb 2026
CONTENT MIX
Blues hockey • Mizzou • Sports betting
Pop culture • Memes • Beer league
PEAK VIRALITY
3.7M views on a Shane Gillis/Druski tweet
Clip-and-caption format dominates reach
01

Communication Signature

SENTENCE DNA

Short, punchy, meme-native one-liners: “Bang,” “Hell yeah brother,” “Joel Hofer is a DAWG,” “THE ST. LOUIS BLUES ARE SO BACK.”

Capitalization for hype/emphasis: “SO BACK,” “DAWG,” “BANG.” Comedic parentheticals as self-aside: “(Hate the Ram so much),” “(I’m depressed).”

Hyperbolic framing: “‘Celebrini from McDavid and MacKinnon’ should be an illegal sentence.”

Running “legend” bit: “St. Louis Blues legend Dalibor Dvorský” extends to “Mizzou legend” — a signature tag applied to anyone who earns the vibes.

National-mythmaking shorthand: “Hellebuyck is an American hero I will never chirp him again,” “This game feels like it’s the Soviets playing college kids.”

HUMOR STYLE

Meme-native, deadpan-to-gallows with sports-internet idioms. Bit-based repetition (“Bang” as a recurring ritual; “legend” as a coronation). Cross-over pop culture nods — “Curb Your Enbluesiasm” and Mac Miller nostalgia framed through STL.

VISUALS vs. TEXT

High-performers are almost all video/clip led — Hellebuyck saves, Binnington Olympics moments, Dvorský highlights, Kyrou’s shootout winner. Text-only spikes are rarer but sharp (“illegal sentence”). Hashtag usage is minimal and surgical.

TONE SPECTRUM

HYPE / CELEBRATORY
Blues wins, goalie moments, USA hockey. “SO BACK,” “DAWG,” “USA USA USA.”
GALLOWS / SELF-DEPRECATING
Blown leads, bad beats. “Worst lead in hockey,” “Bang (I’m depressed).”
IRONIC / DEADPAN
Pre-game dread, betting. “Surely these games won’t ruin my night.”
NOSTALGIC / CIVIC
STL culture, music, Mizzou. Mac Miller in a SLU jersey “just feels right.”
02

Content Operating System

CADENCE & TRIGGER DISCIPLINE

Real-time reactor. Posting spikes at 9pm CT (game windows); live-moment quips on saves, shootouts, blown leads. Morning-after analysis is rare — post-game is more clip-and-caption than breakdown.

WHAT GETS POSTED

Big goalie moments. National-team frames. Blues milestones. Signature players (Hellebuyck, Binnington, Kyrou, Dvorský, Hilary Knight). Personal hockey footprint via beer league / Chasing Goals updates to humanize the brand.

WHAT HE IGNORES

Lengthy stat dives, coach-speak, pro-style film analysis, league labor/business discourse, multi-tweet threads.

RELATIONSHIP TO MAINSTREAM TAKES

Amplifies the Barstool/Spittin’ Chiclets orbit more than he counters it. Leans into hockey-internet consensus memes (“worst lead,” “legend”) rather than contrarian think-pieces.

BRAND BALANCE

Blues-first identity with national/NHL hooks for scale (Olympics, Hellebuyck, Knight/Team USA). Mizzou and STL civic flourishes maintain local texture without diluting the Blues core.

03

Fandom & Identity Map

EXACT PLACEMENT

Blues diehard with access-adjacent credibility (press-credentialed), but voice stays fan-forward and meme-native rather than formal media. Active participant in local hockey culture via “Chasing Goals St. Louis” — undefeated boasts and team record updates.

GOALIE WORSHIP

Embraces goalie-centric Blues lore. Binnington reverence. Hofer as “DAWG.” This is the emotional core of his hockey identity.

RIVALS

Playful chirp-then-praise arc: chirps Hellebuyck “in games that matter,” then calls him “an American hero” and recants. The pivot from trash talk to reverence is a signature move.

MIZZOU vs. BLUES

Blues dominates volume and engagement. Mizzou appears as a proud, punchline-friendly side-current — Mevis as “Mizzou legend” + a Rams jab folded in; Mizzou hoops-at-a-Philly-pub flex.

THE NEGATIVE SPACE

Little-to-no Cardinals, Rams, or City SC talk — conspicuous for STL. The hockey tunnel vision is a deliberate brand choice.

04

Priority Matrix

TIER 1 Core Obsessions

Blues/NHL highlights with goalie focus and vibes-first captions (Binnington, Hofer, Kyrou)

National-team hockey framed with patriot energy (Hellebuyck, USA gold, Hilary Knight)

Bit formats that travel (Curb pun, “legend” tagging)

TIER 2 Regular Interests

Mizzou football/basketball nostalgia and quick-hit pride

Beer league / Chasing Goals updates as recurring personal content

Sports betting vibes and shorthand (“overs” checks, ruin-my-night dread)

TIER 3 Situational Only

Pop culture crossovers (Mac Miller). Olympic micro-moments beyond USA games.

ABSENT What He Doesn’t Touch

Deep analytics threads, roster math, CBA/business talk. STL Cardinals. NFL discourse. Lengthy reply debates — he keeps it tight, rarely argumentative.

05

Network Map

INNER CIRCLE

HANDLE ROLE RELATIONSHIP
@mattmurley19 Chiclets personality Most frequent interlocutor — “Bang” back-and-forths, Chasing Goals co-star
@elio82 Local hockey node Chasing Goals teammate, beer league content co-star

REGULAR ORBIT

HANDLE DOMAIN
@spittinchicletsHockey media amplification
@GameNotesBudChiclets ecosystem
@stoolpresidenteBarstool timeline momentum
@ChiSportsFanJoeBetting / sports circle
@CodyPucksHockey reply chains
@DougieBubsBetsBetting lines discussion

CROSS-COMMUNITY

US women’s hockey (Hilary Knight). Hip-hop nostalgia (Mac Miller). Pop TV (Curb pun). Light-touch engagement with hockey media (@BizNasty2point0, @MikeGrinnell_) to stay in the conversation.

06

Engagement & Virality

WHAT SPIKES

4–8 word caption + elite clip + national/archetypal frame. Hellebuyck as “American hero.” Curb pun over a Blues moment. Goalie worship and winner’s-lap snippets travel best.

“Hellebuyck is an American hero I will never chirp him again.”

REPLY STYLE

Minimalist, inside-joke, non-confrontational. “Bang.” “Ewww.” Quick validations. Uses replies to big accounts tactically — his reply to @stoolpresidente racked 422 likes.

WIN / LOSS POSTURE

WINS
Caps lock exultation and definitive declarations. “THE ST. LOUIS BLUES ARE SO BACK.”
LOSSES
Shared-suffering memes and self-deprecation. “Worst lead in hockey.” “Bang (I’m depressed).”

BRAND vs. PERSONAL

Brand-aligned hockey clips drive reach. Personal beer league and betting posts humanize the account but sit lower in engagement. The persona is consistent across both — there’s no “corporate PJ.”

07

The PJ Algorithm

SCENARIO PREDICTIONS

Blues trade: If positive — “DAWG” or “SO BACK” + highlight reel. If meh — gallows one-liner or “Worst lead”-adjacent framing.
Big win: All-caps triumph + signature bit. Fast clip post. Maybe “St. Louis Blues legend [Player]” or patriotic angle if USA-connected.
Crushing loss: Minimal text, meme gloss, “Soviets vs college kids” style analogy. Pre-game dread format deployed after the fact.
Mizzou game: “Mizzou legend [hero]” pattern. Local-culture flex with a bar/location shout. A jab at STL villains (Rams/Stan) folded in.
Betting moment: If it hits: “Bang” ritual. If it dies: deadpan self-own (“ruin my night”).

HIGHEST-ENGAGEMENT ARCHETYPE

Short, patriotic or archetypal caption + A-tier goalie/save clip from a marquee game — OR a Blues moment packaged with a perfect pop-culture pun (Curb-style).

WHAT WOULD SURPRISE HIS FOLLOWERS

WOULD BE GENUINELY SHOCKING
A multi-tweet analytics thread with charts. A political rant. Deep non-hockey sports discourse. Long-form criticism of Blues players/coaches beyond meme-irony.
COMPLETELY ON BRAND
Goalie worship clips. “Legend” coronations. Caps-lock exultation. Gallows humor on blown leads. Mac Miller nostalgia. Beer league content.

THE PHRASEBOOK

“Bang” “Legend” “DAWG” “SO BACK” “Worst lead in hockey” “American hero”
08

Greatest Hits

# TWEET WHY IT’S REVEALING
1 “Curb Your Enbluesiasm” Signature pop-culture pun welded to a Blues moment — pure PJ format
2 “Hellebuyck is an American hero I will never chirp him again” Fast pivot from chirp to reverence; national-team framing that travels
3 “Hellebuyck in games that matter” Minimal words, maximal implication — stakes-aware
4 “Jordan Binnington with a good team in front of him #Olympics2026” Goalie worship + international fantasy; concise, aspirational
5 “St. Louis Blues legend Dalibor Dvorský is just aura farming in Milan” “Legend” bit + humorously maximalist “aura farming”
7 “Joel Hofer is a DAWG” One-word power label; archetypal PJ hype post
8 “Would’ve turned 34 today. Mac Miller in a SLU jersey just feels right” Localized nostalgia — humanizing beyond hockey
14 “THE ST. LOUIS BLUES ARE SO BACK” Caps-locked victory chest; quintessential fan-voice
21 “Bang (I’m depressed)” The PJ paradox: celebratory ritual undercut by gallows humor
15 “Jordan Kyrou’s shootout game winner in slow motion #stlblues” Visual-first highlight with sparse caption — his bread-and-butter post type
THE BOTTOM LINE
A St. Louis-bred hockey voice who turned a fan blog into a 35K-follower brand through meme fluency, goalie worship, and a gift for the 4-word caption that travels. Real-time reactor, never analyst. Clips over threads. “Bang” over breakdowns. The identity is Blues-first, internet-native, and deliberately narrow — he knows exactly what his lane is and he never drifts out of it.
Supplemental patterns: Peak activity at 9pm CT (game windows). Thursday-heavy posting. Consistent Jan–Feb volume. Minimal hashtags, maximal meme density. Visuals drive reach across the board.